Back Spacing and Offset Explained

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:50 pm

Am I getting senile or has this disappeared from the home page?

Post by **HenryJ** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:04 pm

Not sure what you are referring to. There have been several threads on the subject. Barch had some good photos that are long gone from one thread.

This explains it : Technical aspects of wheels

BADs Crew · Post by **BADs Crew** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:57 pm

Thats the one I remember seeing. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:05 am

I guess that I am senile then. It was in the mod section or here or so, I imagined.

Post by **HenryJ** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:12 am

Probably should be. There was a good post on this topic that is now full of broken links to pictures that no longer exist.
I recall a good page from a Jeep website too. We should probably put together a page for our stock section sometime.

drperry · Post by **drperry** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:06 pm

That's the only page I've been able to find that actually lists the stock wheel offset...

Everything else is either "about this much" or tells you how to figure out the offset if you go measure your wheel

12bridn · Post by **12bridn** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:52 pm

So, the chart on that page is wrong about offset then. It shows a 7" wheel with 6" backspacing having a 51mm offset, unless I am reading it wrong.

Post by **HenryJ** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:04 pm

12bridn wrote:So, the chart on that page is wrong about offset then. It shows a 7" wheel with 6" backspacing having a 51mm offset, unless I am reading it wrong.

You're not reading it wrong. That sounds about right to me.
Remember offset is the distance from center line.

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:16 pm

12bridn wrote:So, the chart on that page is wrong about offset then. It shows a 7" wheel with 6" backspacing having a 51mm offset, unless I am reading it wrong.

All I have to say is that the newer members are doing an awesome job at researching.

kudos to 12bridn

Post by **HenryJ** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:30 pm

a couple years - plus , to get it figured out

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:40 pm

Opps, I over looked his join date. He is still doing well though.

Drive south on I75 for an hour and a half and I'll help you out 12bridn

12bridn · Post by **12bridn** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:28 pm

f9k9 wrote:Opps, I over looked his join date. He is still doing well though.

Drive south on I75 for an hour and a half and I'll help you out 12bridn

Meet you at the rest area at Slade. I need a few inches of lift first though

Back to the chart, our info says 63.5 offset here. Which is right?

Post by **HenryJ** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:24 pm

12bridn wrote:Back to the chart, our info says 63.5 offset here. Which is right?

You tell me...
That way I know that you know what offset is.

12bridn · Post by **12bridn** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:45 pm

I'm going with 2.5 inches. 6(bs)-7(w)/2 = 2.5" =63.625mm. Maybe we should tell them they are wrong over there?

Ya know, I solved this problem yesterday, now I'm just killin time....

Post by **HenryJ** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:30 pm

I'm with you. You found it , you tell'em

At least you understand the concept and how to figure it out yourself. That is better than any chart

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:19 pm

12bridn wrote:........Meet you at the rest area at Slade........

Just holler and I can round us up a guide for stock CC or a mild heep.